Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-10
THROUGH WORK.
The CatUemen noish Their Labors and
Adieuvn to Meet at Gainesville
Year Hence.
Old Officers Re ETseted-The Round Up for
'S6 Again Adop'ed-Work OF
the Last Day.

finish" and then rested awhile from lei
labors that enough bulionaires were
rounded up to constitute quorum. A
1890, however, they commenced to 1lt
in, and when all had been seated The
auditorium was pretty well filled
There was look CT earn
estness On the face OF many not worn
the day before, and it was evident that
the business of the day, whatever it might
| be, would not be hastily or thOughtlessly
dispatched.
Colonel Carter called the convention to
order at l0:40 and, after prayer by Rev.
A. J. Harris, the regular order of business
was resumed.
| Suggestions for the good of the asso,
citation was first on the programme, and
| in response to call from the Chairman,
Colonel J. n. Simpson Of Dallas arose
I and began without preliminaries to eX-
press his nigh appreciation of the bene-
! fits of organization to the individual
members of the association. He said its
power and influence was recognized by
every member, and all realized the bene-
fits and advantages of the ASSOCIATION,
and yet strange to say there was q luke
warmness among the members,
and lack of interest that
ought not TO be. He spoke OF
! the great need Of a refrigerator in Texas
that live stock might find market st
home, but told the members in plain
English that unless they could awake
from the lethargy of their slumber aud
take hold OF the matter in real earnest
they would never have refrigerator, and
if through Indifference or neglect they al
| lowed the association to die they would
soon have nothing to refrigerate.
He referred to the power and influence OF
organization among bankers, railroad
men and others representing different
class interests, and closed his remarks
with strong appeal to the members to
save the cattle interests while it was yet
time from the grasp of mJropolists.
J. f. Evans followed Colonel Simpson,
and after indorsing the remarks
of that gentleman, alluded to the
dissatisfaction too prevalent among stock
men with reference to associations, and
refuted the false idea that the associations
were in any respect responsible for the
depressed condition OF the cattle inter
ests. He reviewed the stock raising bus
mess in GeXas from the days of Slj steers,
unlimited range and individual transac-
lions down to the present. Land became
valuable, cattle advanced, thiev-
ing grew profitable, thieves
organized, and individual buyers east
combined to control the price of beef,
and it is these changed conditions that
leads the less thoughtful to conclude that
associations have been Of no benefit to
stOCkraisers. To organization, ne con-
tinued, coWmen are indebted for much
that they have and that they are not
in better condition is chiefly be-
cause organization among them was not
more thorough. MIR. Evans urged the
Importance OF home market for beef
cattle, and said the outlet t. Europe
should be from the seacoast of Texas.
A B. Bush, Jr., of Colorado City spoke
mainly of the protection afforded stock
on the range, and denomiuated the cost
of the work as a mere bagatelle to the
benefits of the association financially, be-
sides the feeling of security it gave to
individual members. He said q pasture
fence was no protection against band OF
thieves, but that a membership in the
Cattle R4isers' Association on the part OF
the owner had held hundreds Of beeves
on the range that would otherwise have
gone to the slaughter pen in advance of
the regular fall and spring drives. He
urged the members to stand by the asso-
citation and give it the benefit OF their In
| fiuence and their money.
ThGrp Andrews said that though he
was small stockman and had come into
the association at the eleventh hour, so
10 speak, he appreciated the value of Its
work in the protection of stock on the
range, and realized its possible benefits
to individual stockmen in the markets.
| Organizations east could only be success
fully met by organization among stock
men, and he was with the ASSOCIATION
until it should accomplish its perfect
work.
Judge j. NJ Lindsay of Games, lie
thought it would be waste of time to
add further remarks to what had already
been said on the subject. AS to the value
of organization, it would admit of no
question, and he spoke from the record,
which showed that it had resulted in
great saving to the members. 1t was the
organization of cattlemen that broke up
the bands of thieves and upon the ruins
of the association, should it ever be dis
solved, thieves will again organize, and
the losses of former years be repeated,
Charles Goodnight OF Palo Duro asked
the consideration of members 10 what had
not been done rather than to what rad
been done. He asked them to figure on
the value of stock that had not been
stolen and say whether or not organiza-
ton was beneficial to the stock interests.
He said there was deep seated feeling
against cattlemen in the state, and that
it was gaining strength, while cattlemen
were doing nothing comparatively for
their own protection. A few years
ago a trail could have been Sc
cured in several directions, blu.
now there was only one outlet open fog
cattle. Stock have deprecated, cattle
men have no credit, nor do they deserve
to have, so long as they make no effort to
meet the opposition that is being organ
lied and built up against them. The
better organization among csttlemen in
Colorado enabled them to secure prices
much in advance Of those paid for Texas
cattle.
Colonel c. C. Slaughter said the forma
ton OF the association was pleasing rec
objection to him, and he felt rev.
erence for the old oak tree under which
its first meeting was held. He said it
was impossible to estimate the good that
had been accomplished, and in this par
| ticular he felt that the association was